Re: there already appears to be an xserver running on display :0

[yonatan maman <yonatanm gmail com>]

10x alot for your tips. 
about backing up the system -  how do u suggets me to do it ? is there
any common tools for that ?

10x (again) Yonatan



On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:03:02 -0500, Valdis Kletnieks vt edu
<Valdis Kletnieks vt edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:44:55 +0200, yonatan maman said:
> > Hi,
> >  u r right. I have installed them somewhere under /opt/. is its a
> > problem ? I can install them on their default location.
> 
> Everything that was installed via RPM is probably expecting to find stuff in
> the location RedHat put them.  Note that this may be *different* from where
> the ./configure script decides to put them.  Most likely places for things
> to be changed are /usr/share and /var.
> 
> > I don't have the original RPMs .
> >
> > whats is ur suggestion ?
> 
> 1) Check http://www.rpmfind.net/ to see if you can find a copy of the RPMs.
> 
> 2) Remember to always back your system up before major software upgrades.
> 
> 3) Maybe you're in luck and putting stuff in the default places will work.
> 
> 
>